The HART of outsourcing Weblog
Immigration cap – is it really business friendly?
It’s been another busy week in the halls of power at Westminster, with the government’s decision to slash the number of migrant workers allowed to come to the UK causing a great deal of consternation. David Cameron recently claimed that the immigration cap would be introduced in a way which would be ‘friendly’ to businesses [...]
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UK’s Silicon Valley – growing onshoring
We’ve recently seen Prime Minister David Cameron announce plans to redevelop London’s East End into a ‘Tech City’, with the construction of a £200 million network of technology and innovation centres to rival Silicon Valley. The thinking behind this is clearly that a technology hub of this sort will help to encourage foreign investment and [...]
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Cameron admits mistakes over immigration cap. Or does he?
Sometimes there can be no greater show of strength for a man than admitting you simply got it wrong. If the Prime Minister’s recent hints that he will listen to the protests from major international firms and look to water down the planned immigration cap tell us anything, it’s that he’s not afraid to reconsider [...]
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Are public sector cuts good news for the private sector?
Wednesday’s announcement of the government’s Spending Review was greeted in some quarters with howls of derision by critics who argue that the cost-cutting measures are leading Britain into a new age of uncertainty. But how fair is this view? It seems to me that the government has approached the review in the same manner as [...]
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Outsourcing and subcontracting: same difference?
Since the explosion onboard Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on the 20th of April 2010, we have been witness to daily reports of the far-reaching catastrophic effects that the disaster is having, both environmental and economic. It seems that the immediate reaction of the three parties involved, BP, Transocean [...]
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Talent Management Key to Future Salvation
By Martyn Hart 11 June 2010 / It seems somewhat surreal that, little more than 20 years ago, Russia was a communist state within the former USSR, and nations such as India and China were competing in the third tier of industry prior to the digital revolution. How times have changed. Two decades on, Russia [...]
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Green Grass of Outsourcing
Every cloud has a silver lining. Stripping away the bureaucracy that so often blights the decision-making process will empower more companies to take a holistic view on the environmental impact they have on outsourcing. Outsourcing, in its broader sense, has become one of the buzzwords of 2010. Despite popular belief – often perpetuated by the [...]
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Surge in Public Sector Outsourcing Likely as Coalition Government Takes the Reigns
Number 10 has a new face, a new government for Anglo-prosperity, and it’s going to get things done! It’s exciting times for the UK’s workforce, or is it? In my last blog, I drew attention to the post-recession financial black hole and the widely touted prospects of the UK’s public sector potentially saving £25 billion, [...]
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Gershon drives Tory efficiency plans
So the Tories have snapped up Sir Peter Gershon – exciting times! Sir Gershon, not one to beat about the bush, has already started doing what most have been too afraid to do – actually looking at where public sector savings will be made. This could be a dangerous move for the Tories just weeks [...]
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£25bn inefficiencies in public sector procurement
According to the IOD the public sector could save up to £25bn by overhauling its procurement and outsourcing. It says procurement is currently far too siloed leading to mass wastage and duplication of work. While £25bn is obviously a top-end figure, it’s great to see someone with the IOD’s profile doing the numbers on this. [...]
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